Rise, Sain!

Confess and be treated leniently, or resist and be punished severely? That was the question.

But Todd felt that, for him, it was more like confess and be punished severely, resist and be punished even more severely.

In any case, when he saw Dorian pick up the Magic Pegasus and bring it beside him, then heard the huge commotion outside—

He knew he was totally screwed today.

Dorian tilted his head and stared at him. "Want me to go out and kill them?"

"It'd be great if you could kill them! Where did you pick this thing up from? Don't tell me you robbed someone!"

"No. I saw a crashed carriage by a cliff over there, with a pile of corpses beside it. I picked it up from the bodies."

Todd took a deep breath. If that was the case, then perhaps it was not especially serious. As long as it had not been stolen, they could insist they had found it. Maybe they could still get off lightly.

"Anyway, wait here. I'll go out and see what's happening. But don't just sit here waiting—if I get beaten up, remember to come out and help!"

His heart pounding, Todd pulled open the door. Muttering, "Hope my family name can still be useful, though those bumpkins this morning didn't notice it at all," he strode out with an air of righteous resolve.

Dorian shook his head, unable to understand his behavior. He muttered to himself, "We just need to kill our way out."

But the moment he mentioned the word "kill," his entire body suddenly trembled. It was as if doing anything associated with that word would bring something terrible upon him.

"The biggest difference between you and me is that I can still talk things out with people. Most people